Persian Girl Podcast

Millie and Natalie discuss engagements that break up and the reasons they do, as well as tarnished reputations (men vs. women), "expiration date" and starting over at an older age, how to challenge your relationship prior to engagement, whether two hard headed families ​can merge in a marriage, and situationships.

In this episode, PGP interviews Sally Sahebi, a board certified behavior analyst. She shares the basic principles of behavior analysis such as the contingencies of behaviors which include antecedents, the response, and the consequences as well as the kinds of reinforcement histories that trigger certain behaviors. They also discuss the decision to not have your partner see you give birth, men who lose attraction to their partners after childbirth, why Persian families often tend to stick towards safe decisions that come off as "close minded". Towards the end they discuss sexual compatibility and whether that can be taught.

In this episode, Millie and Natalie return from a brief hiatus. They talk about what they've done since quarantine began, modernization, the extinction of old traditions, Persian parents on the internet, Beverly Hills High School, Whatsapp conspiracy threads, uptight Persian households, if returning a dirty utensil at a restaurant on the first date is acceptable, conservative Persian responses to BLM protests, and much more...

In this episode, Millie and Natalie talk coronavirus and the effects it's taken on their lives and the Persian community. They also talk about boomer humor, weird overly sexual adult memes, fake news via whatsapp/groupchats, Persians who hide having covid-19 for the sake of aberoo, tensions between Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Jews, facetime dating, and speculations of the length of the quarantine. Natalie's recommendations for covid-19 include staying home and having chicken soup till it goes away. Millie recommends taking a billion vitamins and herbs from earthbar and dancing at home in your favorite outfit.

Millie's unsolicited herbal recommendations for helping your immune system:

1) 2000-4000 mg of Vit C daily
2) 50-100 mg Zinc daily
3) Irrigate your sinuses (neilmed) and also use natural eye drops to flush your eyes
4) Elderberry extract is anti-viral
5) Immune boost with shitake, reishi, Ganoderma capsules
6) A few drops of oregano oil diluted in water for dry/sore throat

Natalie's Rabbi's cure for Covid-19:

1) 2 spoon cinnamon
2) 1/4 spoon cardamom
3) 1/2 cloves
4) 1/2 ginger
5) 8oz water

In this half Persian, half English episode, Arman and Niloufar from Talksio Podcast join PGP for a conversation about what life is like right now for the youth in Iran. Niloufar shares her own experiences. We discuss where people meet, where young people go out, dating life, "machin bazi", getting arrested for not wearing the hijab properly, the difference of life between the ultra wealthy and poor, and more.